Is it possible to use the `vcs version` target as a tag for

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Is it possible to use the `vcs version` target as a tag for the `docker image`target Do I need to write a small plugin

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

I don t think there s a way But we could add something in the docker backend to support this Or rather to support reading tags from a file and then `vcs version` can be set up to generate that file

happy-kitchen-89482 · Answer

So then the docker backend doesn t need to know anything about `vcs version` which belongs to the python backend

cool-yacht-37128 · Answer

That would be great Prior to `vcs version` we were using <https github com pantheon systems autotag|https github com pantheon systems autotag> to set a env car then have pants use the env var to tag

cool-yacht-37128 · Answer

So reading tags from a file would actually be a quote flexible and easy to use solution